Atheists and Religious minorities in the United States are far more likely to have attended college than Christians.
This is according to a review of census and survey data by the Pew Research Center.
According to the research, of 267 million Christians in the United States, only 36 per cent had a postsecondary education, ma...

The comic actor Andrew Sachs has died aged 86. It was announced on Thursday that the performer had passed away the previous week.
Best known for playing Manuel on Fawlty Towers, the much loved TV icon was eulogised on the front page of the Daily Mail.
Next to the tribute, which featured a photo of Sachs in character as the immigrant h...

When you move house, you might expect a polite nod from your new next-door neighbour as he watches you wedge a double bed through a door. You might even be greeted with a few local takeaway menus on the doormat.
But if you’re Vice President-elect Mike Pence, who's just moved to a Washington, DC, suburb, you can expect a lovely di...

The latest conundrum that’s got the site's users talking is: What would have been considered uncool 15 years ago, but now is seen as cool/trendy?
In the age of the hipster, you'd think that should be easy. But when we put our mind to it, all we can think of is corduroy flares. They’re cool again, aren’t they?
Accordi...

“Last Tango In Paris” is one of those movies your parents warned you about.
Praised by critics as high art and considered controversial by some because of its infamous X rating, the 1972 film, helmed by famed Italian director Bernardo Bertolucci, is best remembered for an explicit rape scene.
After starting an anonymous sexual relat...

A woman playing Kim Kardashian in a French gameshow skit had her breast kissed on live television.
Not just without consent, but actively against her will.
The incident took place on Friday on the popular French TV show TPMP (Touche pas à mon poste!), as part of project 35heuresdebaba ('35 hours of Baba'), in which TV...

The UK government’s plans to check whether people are old enough to watch pornography might include creating a database of everyone’s viewing habits.
The Government has recently been looking to introduce new checks to ensure that adult content can only be viewed by those over 18. To do that, it will introduce age verification schemes...

A graveyard free of any religious symbols has been opened inSweden to cater to the country’s growing number of atheists.
Josef Erdem, a teacher from Borlänge in central Sweden, first proposed the idea because he wanted people to “decide for themselves what their graves should look like”.
He sa...

Nigeria’s most famous polygamist has denied rumours of his death, saying he is still “very much alive” at 92 years old, and plans to continue taking more wives.
Mohammed Bello Abubakar is a controversial figure in the town of Bida, Niger state, where he has married more than 100 women in what he describes as a “...

Video footage drawing similarities between Donald Trump's America and the America of the segregation era has been horrifying people online.
Netflix has released a documentary about the number of incarcerated Americans.
The title, '13th', is a reference to the 13th Amendment to the US Constitution ratified in 1865.
It outlawed slavery, with one...